When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable – onstage, talking, making ’em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.
RON WHITEA lot of people can find something to laugh at in my humor, I guess.
More Ron White Quotes
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I go through about 140 cities a year.
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If I’m not in the theatre, I’m in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.
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Diamonds – that’ll shut her up… for a minute!
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I’ve been married a few times. I’m not good at it.
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I was desperate for new material, so anything I can write a joke about that works is in the act. No matter who it offends, or who it bothers – doesn’t matter if its something my wife hates.
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I’d rather do a really good small part than a really bad big part.
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Here’s how I operate. When I see something I like, 20 years later, I ask her brother for her phone number. She don’t even see me coming.
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There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.
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Comedy is great because there’s no overhead.
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You can tell on-stage when a joke’s starting to lose its pop. It doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear it anymore; it means I don’t want to do it anymore. Because I want to move on to something that has a knee-jerk reaction just like you get when you tell somebody a joke that they’ve never heard.
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I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.
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I’m definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won’t. Then three years later I will finally try it and it’ll kill them. I got to give them more credit.
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My opening acts are always really strong because I need a guy who can take on a big, big crowd. Which is not that easy to do.
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I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
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My goal is just to become a better comedian.
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